Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Holman Bible
a laughingstock
International Standard Version
You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us.
A Conservative Version
Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
American Standard Version
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
Amplified
You make us a byword among the nations,
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Darby Translation
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt set us a parable among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
King James 2000
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of [the] head among [the] peoples.
Modern King James verseion
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou makest us to be a byword among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heads at us.
NET Bible
You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.
New Heart English Bible
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou dust make us, A by-word among the nations, - A shaking of the head among the peoples.
Webster
Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
World English Bible
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Themes
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Became a by-word to neighbouring nations
Topics
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 44:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Complaint
13 You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us. 14 Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples. 15 My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:9
I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
2 Kings 19:21
This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
Job 16:4
It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:
Deuteronomy 28:37
And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.
1 Kings 9:7
Then I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
2 Chronicles 7:20
Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.
Job 17:6
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
Psalm 22:7
I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
Psalm 109:25
As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.
Isaiah 37:22
This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
Lamentations 2:15-17
All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?